1/23/24
TV Tuesday
Are you stuck with the Crosswords With Friends Puzzle Today? Stuck No More. We offer complete solutions as well as “no spoiler” mode to give you that little extra push. Or simply use this cheat sheet to help you get the best and fastest completion time possible.
1A
Irish playwright George Bernard ___
Shaw
5A
Make a trade
Swap
9A
Pastry that’s often fruit-filled
Pie
12A
Alaskan city that’s closer to Russia than to Anchorage
Nome
13A
Tall ___ (exaggerated story)
Tale
14A
Calculate a total
Add
15A
Element that can shield Superman from kryptonite
Lead
16A
Car component that sounds like a figure skating jump
Axle
17A
Olympic gymnast Sunisa
Lee
18A
Darkest Hour actor who plays intelligence officer Jackson Lamb on Apple TV+’s Slow Horses: 2 wds.
Gary Oldman
21A
Oh give it ___! (Stop talking about that!): 2 wds.
A Rest
23A
Very small
Wee
24A
Crazy Girl country group the ___ Young Band
Eli
25A
Return to Amish cable channel
Tlc
27A
Beverages in beer halls
Ales
31A
Hotel Rwanda actress who plays MI5 Director-General Ingrid Tearney on Slow Horses: 2 wds.
Sophie Okonedo
35A
Monetary unit of Mexico
Peso
36A
Hairpiece sold in a Halloween store
Wig
37A
Financial ___ (monetary help for a student)
Aid
38A
Network that aired Seinfeld in the 1990s
NBC
41A
Rough version of an essay say
Draft
43A
Dunkirk actor who plays up-and-coming agent River Cartwright on Slow Horses: 2 wds.
Jack Lowden
47A
The best defense ___ good offense: 2 wds.
Is A
48A
Brazilian berry in some breakfast bowls
Acai
49A
Type of apple that shares its name with a kind of party
Gala
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53A
Prefix for deed or demeanor
Mis
54A
___ Pink (2022 Blackpink #1 album)
Born
55A
Actress Krakow who stars on the Hallmark series When Calls the Heart
Erin
56A
Suffix meaning sorta
Ish
57A
Performed The Star-Spangled Banner say
Sang
58A
Last name of Schitt’s Creek performers Eugene Daniel and Sarah
Levy
1D
Show whose cast includes Sarah Sherman and Chloe Fineman: Abbr.
Snl
2D
Tool for tilling
Hoe
3D
I ___ Rock (Simon & Garfunkel song): 2 wds.
Am A
4D
Shape of a pizza slice or quesadilla serving often
Wedge
5D
Frighten suddenly
Startle
6D
Like candles and lip balm texture-wise
Waxy
7D
Give permission for
Allow
8D
Key & ___ (comedy series that won two Emmys)
Peele
9D
Tree that’s common in Florida and Southern California
Palm
10D
Notion
Idea
11D
Old Testament garden
Eden
19D
___ Spumante (type of wine)
Asti
20D
University official
Dean
21D
Hand sanitizer ingredient
Aloe
22D
Tears in a pair of jeans
Rips
24D
Paranormal ability claimed by psychics: Abbr.
Esp
26D
Dairy animal that provides milk
Cow
28D
Part of a tree that changes color in autumn
Leaf
29D
Touch up as a manuscript
Edit
30D
Strip of lawn that’s unrolled
Sod
32D
What someone with road rage might do often
Honk
33D
Just ___! (Not really!)
Kidding
34D
Beastly creature in a children’s story
Ogre
39D
Spills a secret
Blabs
40D
Hot beverage at a ski lodge
Cocoa
42D
Christmas tree topper that has wings
Angel
43D
Foxy Lady musician Hendrix
Jimi
44D
Phrase on a no returns item of merchandise: 2 wds.
As Is
45D
Money in a purse or wallet
Cash
46D
Put on guard
Warn
50D
What ___ you talking about?
Are
51D
Actress Tyler of Ad Astra
Liv
52D
___ port in a storm
Any